Django Django

I was surprised by this, quite enjoyed it.

Space vibes. Groovy. Very 2012. Beach boys + hot chip + the kinks.

Enjoyable, different

thought this was a reinhart one at first and got proven very wrong. genuine question guys.. why do these mid rock bands from the 2000s-2010s somehow end up w spots on this list?

This was honestly a bunch of certified bangers also. This was kinda like Tame Impala before Tame was Tame, ya know? I guess this was around the same time as Tame... nevertheless! This is a fun like Tame/Beatles vibe.

Fun 🤷‍♂️

Some bops and nostalgia

it's nice, but i'm not excited about it

Fair enough, this is decent music for 2012. I forgot about the song Default, so it's cool to hear it again

Haven't heard of the band which I find surprising. Well, the albums started a bit interesting but very quickly turned into your average indie shit 2/5

Very pleasant and unusual music soaring vocal harmonies and interesting rhythms. I enjoyed listening to it but it’s quite unfamiliar and I’m not sure where it fits in my music library

It was okay to have this on in the background while I did other things. While I didn't mind the general vibe, I found it to be musically lacking when I listened more closely. Meh.

I almost assembled a small cabinet listening to this. It didn't disturb, and I could concentrate. Very good!

ok

Ok

1001 albums to hear before you die? Why would this be here? What would I have missed out on exactly? Some generic 2010s indie. I think I could have died without hearing this and died as a content man. Who are these guys? They ought to thank whatever deity they worship that the film Django happened to come out the same year which I assume led to some accidental listens of this album. There will be much much worse albums, but j can't imagine one with less impact. I had Thriller yesterday. Thriller. Michael Jackson. Now, you may think that I absolutely hate this album, in fact it's so ordinary to me and I assume will be about number 600 in the list when all is said and done. It is OK.

37/1001. I started this project to encounter interesting artists like these, which I have missed for once reason or another. Back in 2012 I was probably to busy looking for cool cumbia, scouting through brazil bossa and beats, had a trip or two across african music plateaus, while re-re-visiting electronic 80s obscurities. So, I guess I missed quite a lot what was happening in the indie-/alternative-/ art music scene. Super duper nice that these kinds of things pop up here on this list as well: sonic exploration, adventures in digital production, retroesque harmony arrangements á la beach boys / Brian Wilson, stereolabish synth grooves, FourTet / Animal Collective sound collages, Tame Impala indie attitude... fun and interesting, I don't mind that song writing is rather simple or that perhaps too many hours have been spent on a computer to create these pieces. I want more!

Love the first 8 seconds of frogs. If you could eliminate the electronic sounds and singing I would listen to it.

Django Django arrive at a resurgent British art rock scene and stake their claim with a mission of intent, showcasing their trade with grooves and bursts of invention and passion. A solid debut from a group who look as though they have the tools to maintain consistency. Favorites: Hail Bop, Default, Waveforms, Zumm Zumm, Hand of Man, Love's Dart, WOR, Life's a Beach.

Crack open the craft beer, let the Aperol Spritz flow, we’ve a current-millennium, Mercury Prize-nominated album that doesn’t sound like a winning round of London A&R bullshit bingo, that diarrhoea. This might be the only click-track proud, indie disco LP I’ve heard so far that lives comfortably within its cyborg, schoolboy choir Brit bric-a-brac cul-de-sac.

Some interesting sounds and rhythms here, would have scored higher if there was more effort on the songwriting.

Not quite sure what the attraction is here. I guess some people must like what these guys are doing, but it all seems very generic and forgettable to me.

wow this one is a sonic delight. interesting electronic ish musical sound, with a hypnotic lyrics in a really gentle listening tone. really easy to listen to and just vibe

I was surprised this popped up on my list! I used to listen to Default on repeat when it first came out. I enjoyed the album and added a few more songs to my favorites list.

Great record. Mix of country/ folk/ space sounds

"Django Django" is the debut album by British art rock band Django Django. The Wiki-listed genres are art rock, neo-psychedelia, electronic rock and experimental pop. Yeah, I'll buy those. The bandmembers included Vincent Neff (lead vocals, guitar), Jim Nixon (bass, backing vocals, keyboards), Tommy Grace (keyboards, backing vocals, drum programming, samples) and Dave Mclean (drums, percussion, drum programming). The album had solid reviews and was nominated for the 2012 UK Mercury Prize. It also reached #33 on the UK charts. After an introduction song, the album fully kicks in with "Hail Bop." Synth ticking, background beats, handclaps and layered vocals. More in the pop realm here. I believe it's song about a love that shone brightly but is gone and using the 1997 Haley-Bopp comet and Heaven's Gate Cult who committed mass suicide as a poetic metaphor. Kind of clever. "Default" begins with echoing robotic vocals and a bouncy synth and beat. More percussion beats, a tambourine and guitar slashes. It's never a bad idea to sound like Devo. He's a cog in the wheel and keeps repeating himself (In a relationship? At work?). Catchy song and it got decent airplay in the States too. "Lover's Dart" keeps the music interesting with quick, electronic percussion, a rolling bass and rattles. Nice harmonies and a galloping beat develops. He's lost in a dust bowl and his dart is no longer sharp. "Storm" reminded me of early 90's Depeche Mode with a stomping beat and guitar. Layered and echoing vocals. You're my little storm. The album closes with a nice one in "Silver Rays." Hypnotic pounding drums. Various noises such as whistles, rattles and bird noises. The vocals are fast, dreamy and psychedelic. Drugs, love and dance. This music is constant beats whether electronic and/or polyrhythmic mixed with dreamy and psychedelic vocals and guitars. I fully see the Pitchfork description of them as a fusion of the synthetic and the natural. I also do hear the Beta Band, Devo and Depeche Mode in their music as well. I question an inclusion of this album in the 1,001 but, overall, it's a decent album. Not every song worked for me but most did.

When listening to older albums from the 60s and 70s, one of the key markers of a high-rated album is whether it has stood the test of time. With newer albums such as this, the inverse is applied by determining whether the album has built upon the work of the past and improved on it with all of the advancements. This was certainly not the case for Django Django, which aside from trippy-ish instrumentals and editing didn't really shine in any area and ended up being mostly a disappointing listen even if there were no songs necessarily that were atrocious. This will be given a 2.5/5 which is bumped to a 2.

Not sure how this one made it on the list of albums to listen to before you die. It felt like a really conceptual album. The first couple of tracks started off okay but I lost interest by track 4/5.

If I was out of my brain at a music festival this would be fine. Did I need to listen to it before I die? No. Layering looping sound effects with mostly shit lyrics. Wor is the standout. This is another more recent release where I can see multiple other albums released in 2012 taking its place. 2.5/5. Raising to 3.

pretty weird. musically all over the place and it only worked some of the time

It was an interesting listen, but probably not worthy of being on this list. 3 stars.

This bounced along nicely. Really like it.

Quite catchy actually. Not lighting the world on fire but a solid 3.5. Will put it on the 4 side.

I listened to all of it. Short poppy songs. It didn’t really make an impact on me. Reminded me of Paul Simon?

This was fine, fun, and inoffensive. Not inspiring, but the production was solid and the heart was there. Not much range. Great writing. Not very high highs and not very low lows. 3/5

Fantastic album

Solid music. Tight. Needs a relisten or 10

Weird and wild stuff

A resounding "Meh"

Album definitely grows on you, a solid 4

The chiptune and other electronic elements add a neat dimension to an album that feels like it maybe should have been more popular in the States than it was.

It was good. It just seemed to never end ...

Bit to old fifa but some bangers

I've heard about this band before but never listened to any albums of them before this challenge. This is an intriguing, unique and great album with stellar production. I liked the mix of psychedelia, art rock, electronic and experimentalism. With a few more melodic tunes it would be close to a 5, now it is rounded down to 4.

Very pleasant album.

It was fairly enjoyable but a crazy choice for the list. They must’ve just picked whatever was on the radio that day

First listen

Not for me.

Buen disco, un rock alternativo interesante.

Fine, but not good enough on its own merits to be here, and completely unspecial for 2012, so..... why? Oh, UK. Got it.

Lots of potential. Interesting soundscape, good production, good mix of rock and electronic but a few songs got very repetitive and tedious.

5.5/10. Ok album, but not one that I'll remember or think about in the future.

Indie/alternative rock. This started strong but then it got a little less rock for me. I liked it but not loved it.

Pretty interesting musicality. I like the variety between the songs. My favorite track is Love's Dart.

A good album, I still prefer Glowing in the Dark, but this is still good.

Huh, this was quite fun. Fave tracks: Hail Bop, Waveforms, Love's Dart. Would I revisit: yes probably.

This hit harder than it had any right to. Not even sure how to describe it but mellow and vibey all at the same time, but I may have found a new focus album. Nothing really stood out, so a 3, but may regret later if it does actually help me focus.

These are catchy and easy to listen to, but it does it to a fault where it's forgettable. I enjoyed listening but it was more of a general mood vs enjoyment. There's a 10/10 talent in parts of this that needs to partner up with someone, but I'm not sure who. I enjoyed listening but I don't know if this mandatory. It's doing something good but not in a way I feel I'd miss out on if I didn't listen again. I'm fighting between a strong 3 and weak 4. If it was tighter it would get the 4.

Nice opening, grabbed me. Okay a 2012 take on music of the 1960s. Some Beach Boys and or Simon and Garfunkel with some very 2012 beats. I don't dislike what they are doing but this album is way too long and some of it gets a little formulaic sounding. The song writing is kind of lacking, they found a trick to make catchy songs and milked it.

Not interesting, nothing special.

Simply a nice breath of fresh air. You know it is when you can't put a genre to the album.

7/10 I enjoyed it. Totally passed me by when it came out, but that was when my attention was elsewhere. Hard to justify it being in this list, but 1001 is a lot of albums and this is probably in the top 1000 LPs. It's just hard to think of it as something exceptional, something for all time. Maybe this list is too long.

Not bad

To my shock I actually liked this… I thought it was different again and I was vibing out to it. It was really good.

Charitably (or just very loosely) could call it a weird mix of 1960s folkie melodies with that early 21st century modern reverb-y Fleet Foxes *sound* and sprinkle in a bit of electronica but still keeping it all sparse enough to keep some mystery. Which sounds like it should be awesome. I liked it .... but really wanted to like it a lot more. Everything sounded nice but never truly grabbed me either. I don't know, maybe it's a (very) slow builder but could have used a few more uptempo songs for variety. Honestly in the end it's cool to pick (any) ~3 songs, get a nice chill feel, and move on. Also "Zumm Zumm" is annoying. 5/10 3 stars

Not what I was expecting but I really enjoyed this. It’s a little more electronic than my usual taste and there are points where it gets too repetitive for me, but I really enjoyed the vocals and guitar. I could do with it being slightly shorter just because the repetitiveness starts to lose my interest by the end, but I think it is one I’d still return to. Fav song: Firewater Least fav: Zumm Zumm

This was an interesting album. I think it would be good background music for a dinner party.

This is an odd one. There's nothing wrong with the album – a slightly more commercial Vampire Weekend, perhaps? but making a list of classic albums...I don't think even their mums would sat this. (as an aside, the Mercury Music Prize is quite the graveyard, isn't it?)

I can vibe with it. Some songs are amazing

3/10

First time listen and I thought it was fine. Nothing spectacular, nothing terrible. Just fine, if occasionally annoying. Wouldn’t listen again though. The 21st Century psychedelia feels a bit like a modern age Pet Sounds. It is essentially fairly harmless background noise.

This was a new one for me - liked the sound! Go Synth Pop! 3/5 #musicsky #albumsky

The kind of music that you can't help but move to.

File this under "indie rock groups white girls like" but as far as that goes, really not bad.

3.5 That was pretty good. Like if the Beta Band and Beach Boys had a child. A surprising listen, not my usual thing but I definitely appreciated it.

Very pleasant listen

This was not what I was expecting at all. It is a combination of different styles that mesh together quite nicely. It has some Belle and Sebastian influence for sure. The only negative i would say is that its a bit similar throughout and while it had me tapping my foot, it is not something i will remember and want to discover more about 3.5 stars

Saw "art rock" and prepared myself for some pretentious bullshit. The 2 instrumentals aren't bad, but the rest sounds like commercial jingles.

Interesting sound, hard to describe. Electronic sounds face psychedelic notes. Like modern tribal music, trance or something. Unique stuff.

Fun and interesting album standout songs: Default Waveforms

Not really interesting to me. A little over the place for me

zwei bis drei

This one is a classic power hour album. Trance inducing songs and beats that locked me in. The wavelengths went back and forth but when I was on the same one, it amplified and hit hard. Default was a great highlight. I’ll come back to this one at the right times

Heard of but never listened to them before. This was awesome, first 5 star from a new to me group.

This is gonna get boring if I don’t get any crazy good albums soon…

Very middling.

Good beats, uninspired songwriting. Not great not terrible.

That was a fun surprise. Probably my favorite so far of the 2010+ albums that I hadn't heard before. Tough to give this a 4 or 5 star. Rating: 4.4

nice album. paar lieder rechtig nice wöri weder lose, aber weiss ned vlt chömets au eif im album kontext geil aber denke eig au solo giel. paar lieder chli goofy tho

This just isn't good. Mostly electronica with some bad vocals and everything sounds the same. Pretty lame. 4/10.

I deeply dislike this style of Sirius XMU-core indie rock, which thinks it can capture the magic of a band like Animal Collective through — and I'm sorry to use this word in two consecutive reviews — pastiche. Some versions of this, like Tune-Yards or Dirty Projectors, are obviously dated but still have melody and soul behind them. This has nothing. Its inclusion here can only be explained by recency bias, as a misfired attempt to identify what might one day be part of the canon without the benefit of it having been canonized.

This is the second album on here that sounds heavily influenced by of Montreal but is inferior to them and came out 10 years later. If they don’t got Sunlandic Twins on this list then it’s a shit list. This isn’t a bad album, but it’s very scattered. And like I said they wear their influences on their sleeves, but don’t do enough to differentiate themselves from them.

I’m not sure what this was, but it sure as hell wasn’t music.

I'm not sure what this album was supposed to be, but it wasn't really that enjoyable. The vocals were whiny and annoying the entire time and to be honest I don't even remember the back half of the album it was so forgettable.

4/5 I liked it a lot. I think if this album came at a different time of my life this is a 5/5

Not bad but not memorable

Inoffensive but completely bland, so much so I apparently forgot to score it till much later, so I listened to it again

Bland and preppy music for junior executives. Music for adverts right enough. I really wasn't in the mood for this.

Sounds interesting

Ah, a nice surprise as I near journey's end. Was a big fan of this when it came out and for many years afterward it stayed on rotation. Unfortunately I didn't really connect with any of their follow ups but this remains a fantastic, inventive, sunny, indie-pop record. Sooo many melodies, they're just everywhere. Especially in Wave Forms. To steal a line from another, negative review - this is just the Beta Band for the 2010s isn't it. And your problem with that is?

Superprijemny elektricky popik, znal jsem jednu skladbu, jsem rad ze cele album je v podobnym duchu.

4.5 stars. Art rock with memorable grooves. Standouts are "Default", "Firewater" and "Wor".

Not for me

Surprised I enjoyed this. A mix of electronic and some interesting Middle Eastern rhythms. 2.5/5 Might listen again.

A hypnotically bad record

Cool album, reminds me of Tame Impala but not quite there for me.

This was completely new to me but a really really enjoyed it.

They sound like they’re going on an adventure.

I had never heard of this one, but I enjoyed it a lot. Adding it to my regular rotation.

Django Django's self-titled debut album is a interesting blend of jangly rhythms and folk-pop riffs, interspersed with some 60s psychedelic melodies, early 70s New Wave synths, and electronic beeps reminiscent of 80s video games. The album showcases a sonic diversity, yet still maintains a coherence. While there are decent tracks ("Hail Bop," "Firewater," "Silver Rays", and "Hand of Man,"), some songs like "Zumm Zumm" may become irritatingly overly repetitive. Additionally, the album suffers from track bloat, and its overall quality could have been improved by omitting some tracks, such as "Wor" and the instrumental piece "Skies Over Cairo." Overall, the album's notable strength lies in the band's willingness to explore different sounds. The album is certainly worth a listen, though its replay value may be questionable for most people. (Better than a 2, not quite a 3, rounding up)

Math rockish

I liked it. Not something I usually would seek out but it was nice listening.

This album just really didn't hit. Mostly boring, with hints of listen-ability, back to boring. Couldn't latch on to any one song in particular.

kinda boring

Django Django is spares, full of harmonies, picking guitar and synth beats. It only clicked for me on side B, not that side A wasn’t good. I just didn’t get it til Hand of Man, Love’s Dart and Wor. Requires more listens. 6.9/10

new band to me - late 60s feel, really nice

It's not too often you get such a joyous and vibrant sound that's also so heavily electronic. There are a lot of I-IIIb chord changes (where you'd normally expect i-IIIb) – noticeable everywhere throughout the album, including in the tracks Default, Waveforms, and Storm – giving the record an overall very happy, chill vibe. It's a refreshing change of pace from other 21st-century albums in this list. I do get a sense that the lyrics are a bit empty/not fleshed out, but as someone who rarely (if ever) takes lyrics into account when judging albums, that's not much of an issue for me. What *is* a slight issue is the singing, which sounds like if ELO or LCD Soundsystem took their vocals and made them sound even less... distinctive, I guess. It's hard to describe the problem I have with these kinds of vocals. On the plus side, it's the kind of voice that meshes well with a good instrumental section, so at times you kind of forget it's there. And that's certainly better than an actively bad vocal. 4/5 Key tracks: Hail Bop, Default, Life's a Beach

Blije creatieve muziekjes, de zang heeft iets van de Beach Boys, verder wappert het wat verschillende kanten op, van het elektronische hoekje naar surfrock. Vond ik leuk.

Ik schrik tegenwoordig al als ik art-rock lees. Maar dit is best een geinig schijfje. Het is niet heel geforceerd. Art lijkt meer te staan voor de digitale kant. En een combinatie van 'normale' en digitale muziek pakt mij altijd wel.

Ik had hier vooraf nog nooit van gehoord, dus dan ga ik toch even de wikipedia checken. Het is vooral soundtrack muziek van games, of beter gezegd, liedjes die in games als FIFA voorkomen. En dat heb ik natuurlijk veel gespeeld, dus op het moment dat die voorbijkomen, dan zit er een grote mate van herkenning in. En die herkenning redt denk ik voor een groot deel wel de muziek. Het is namelijk eigenlijk helemaal niet mijn soort muziek, een soort elektro met een wazige zang (die wel iets weg heeft van Ray Davies van the Kinks). Art rock met veel elektro invloeden. Wel iets wat je 10 a 15 jaar geleden meer hoorde, en dus veel achter die games zat. Soms is het ook bijna gamemuziek zelf, veredelde chiptune. Herinneringen genoeg, maar zoals gezegd niet helemaal mijn stijl muziek. Het is wel vrolijk en ik kan het redelijk gemakkelijk afluisteren, maar ik zet dit niet snel uit mezelf op. Het is net als Genesis niet per se vergeetbaar, maar wel voor mij niet meer dan een eenvoudige 3 waard. Ik merkte dat ik de rest vd dag nog af en toe wat nummers aan het naneurien was, dus ik heb de volgende ochtend het plaatje nog een keer opgezet. Wederom toch prima mee vermaakt. Dan verdient een album natuurlijk een extra sterretje, want dat is precies wat je als artiest wil, dat mensen meeneurien en het album nog een keertje draaien.

Wasn’t really for me Lots of different sounds and textures but they never lined up for me

not really an album i would say you absolutely have to hear before you die

This felt like peak millennial hipster shit. A friend once joked that Default was about the Greek debt crisis.

It’s okay. Not really my jam. I don’t suspect I will put this on again

No strong opinions

I like the album cover but nothing else of it pretty much. Maybe the only songs from Fifa and gta v that I don’t love. Would be turning to the Spanish radio station if I was driving around los santos and this came on I can tell you that. Fav song - Hail bop Least fav - fire water Specific rating - 2.5

very django

Weird and fun style of music that I didn't expect to enjoy so much! The indie style vocals are a great balance to the funky electronic beats. Almost all of the songs on this album were contenders for my favourite and the multiple listens it took to decide were all a great joy to me. Favourite: Waveforms Least: Skies Over Cairo

A good album that really takes me back but not quite as brilliant as I remember

Good listen but forgettable afterwards.

A 60’s vibe, electronic album. It’s inoffensive and well crafted. The songs are fun and pretty low key. I’m not familiar with this band but I really enjoyed this album.

Fun album! Lots of variety in the music, yet it went together. I was dancing along enjoying myself.

This album has some great beats, bass lines, and harmonies. Dig it! I especially like Wor. Heavy reverb surf rockesque guitar with air raid sirens? I'm in!

I’m totally loving this! Great modern poppy psych songs with interesting, forward looking instrumentation. It feels like the natural progression music should have taken in the mainstream post 2000 had vapid, soulless pop and rap not been crammed down our collective throats.

There were a lot of interesting things going on with this album. Really enjoyed all the fun sounds they played with. It was upbeat and a good time. I didn’t love the vocals though. Something with how they were treating their voices got a little grating and brought this down a notch for me.

What a treat. I'd never heard of these guys ans really didn't know what to expect, but I'll return to this album for sure. Interesting sound, a bit funky, lots of variety. Loved it.

custom_rating: 8

Hmm

fun album

Pleasant enough but sort of passed me by

A very Animal Collective sort of sound. Didn’t do much for me but not bad either. 5/10

Yeah it was good - much better than some of the stuff on this list but not overly memorable.

a decent beck album

When I first listened to this and read the description I thought: Oh yeah, a good update for some art rock! But then the groovy melodies turned out to be more of the same and relied too much on some drum programming which is just... bad when you want to be a rock band. Some tracks like this? Sure. But while "Firewater" is great, more of the same just sounds boring. Nah.

Inoffensive and completely forgettable django pop.

This is a really fun album -- a nice variety of very listenable songs.

Ya la portada indica que estamos ante algo especial, diferente, raro... Django Django irrumpieron con este disco y sonidos psicodélicos, pop y ritmos en cierta manera bailables. Beck pudiera ser un referente, pero también DEVO y la New Wave (las percusiones apuntan a Adam Ant). No es un disco o banda que hayan sido muy influyentes, sí contaron con los para bienes de la crítica, pero en mi opinión su escucha puede ser obviable entre las 1000 mejores. Para eso tenemos a Panda Bear / Animal Collective, con mejores resultados. Incluso otros discos suyos como Glowing In The Dark. Aún así es un disco disfrutable, con temas muy interesantes como la imponente Hail Bop, las juguetonas Firewater y Default, Wor, que es una gozada y Life´s a beach, que es excelente también. Skies over Cairo es una odisea con aires egipcios que tiene vida propia. Silver Rays remite como gran parte del disco a los Beach Boys de su mejor época.

Some ok moments

Kinda felt like I was in a Mario level for some of these songs

Ироничная, местами дурашливо-танцевальная пластинка.

I know Waveforms from GTA, but the rest of the album is decent. Nothing outstanding, but not terrible. Middle of the road, 2.25 out of 5.

An alt pop tryst. Fairly enjoyable

I don't understand the hype.

Some nice sounds, but the songs are a bit repetitive, and the whole thing feels a bit soulless.

Once again, the dude from the 1001 book just looked at whatever got nomitated for a Mercury Prize and took some album that everyone forgot about 20 minutes after it got released. Making this challenge juste made me realize how little consideration - and knowledge - went into the entries of this book.

This album feels so rich, but yet so bland at the same time.

A fun and pleasant listen that doesn't go beyond that. It really sounds like most of the indie bands from 2012.

I was only half listening but seemed pretty good.

Different

It was OK

Surprisingly, I loved this. A mix of styles and genres, but with a consistent groove and catchiness that I really enjoyed.

This was an interesting album. A little too repetitive for me. Didn't hate it, didn't love it either. I'm sitting on the fence for this one. I was listening to it during a very busy day, which may have helped or hindered their score, I'm not sure!

This was really fun - I'd listen to it again! 'Default' was the only track I'd heard before, I went and searched through my CDs and it was on Hottest 100 Vol 20 (which must be around the time I aged out of listening to Triple j!). All the tracks were a little samey - but give me some male vocal falsetto harmonies and I'm pretty happy. Beach boys meets indie-electro-chill-wave. I think I prefer Alt-J, but I'd listen to more of this band.

This album was just alright. It didn’t have any stand out songs. I listened to this three times while driving and nothing grabbed me. It seemed like the vocals were kind of an afterthought to the songs. And i find the synth distracting. 2.5

Definitely one of the more unique albums on this list, something it could really do with a lot more of. In a way this reminds me a lot of The Beach Boys, but just ever so slightly more experimental. On the whole, really great stuff.

Django Django by Django Django. Sounds like it could be a lost experimental album by the Beach Boys. Also similar to Flaming Lips I guess. It was OK to hear once. Favorite track: Wor

This album sounds good overall, though it also comes across as very heavily inspired by Animal Collective as well. Setting that aside, it's a really well-made album. The harmonies are excellent, and the music supports the vocals really well. The production brings everything together into an album that's easy to listen to without being forgetable 4/5

Kind of weird, but enjoyable.

there's an interesting trend of early 2010s albums from smaller artists which appear in 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: critically acclaimed, yet lukewarmly received on sites like this. do we blame Pitchfork, who had a far more outsized influence on music discussions at the time? are people just being contrarian for the sake of it? well, I wouldn't say this blew me away or anything, but I still found it really intriguing. Django Django's take on this blog era indie sound embraces electronics in a really cool way. sometimes this album feels like a synth piece, other times like a rocker, and sometimes both. this leads to a few pretty infectious cuts. the grab-bag mixture of influences from psych, disco, EDM, surf rock, folk, and plenty more means that the music rarely stays in one place for too long. some tracks are more memorable than others, but choice cuts like "Default," "Hand of Man" and "WOR" make it worthwhile. strong 7/10.

Actually a 4.5 but I really loved this album. Kinda sounds like if the Beach Boys took even more drugs. Seriously, cool, futuristic vibes. Niche instrument work. Haunting melodies. Cool Stuff

- reminds me of Duran Duran somehow - is really cool to listen too - I love Hail bop and Firewater

Loved Hail Bop, Waveforms, and Default. The rest are fairly forgettable. Give it a listen though (and listen to hail bop if you’re only listening to one of them) Sort of like if sci fi and funk had a baby

What a genius mix of Moody Blues, funk and 90s folk/rock. It just warmed my soul listening to it. Gotta go for it again. 4.5/5

frekar lofandi. augljós líkindi við beta band, blendingur og skrítin hljóð en minni hiphop-áhrif. gef þessu aðra umferð. 3,5.

Pretty cool style with the echoey vocals. Interesting music and instrumentals too

Yep.

It wasn't really... Good. But at the same time, it also wasn't interesting.

Default

3 - I feel like this album is good, but I just don't know if it deserves to be in the list. I think most new music needs to stand the test of time. Will we be talking about them in 20-30years

I love the vibe of this album. It has a very distinct sound despite none of the elements being particularly groundbreaking. There's a mesmerising robotocism in the rhythms juxtaposed with Eastern melodies on tracks like Life's a Beach and Skies over Cairo. The album cover is a very accurate representation of the music I'd say. That said the album kinda runs out of steam after the first few tracks, falling a bit flat. Replace Skies over Cairo with the Bullion remix and you'd have a much stronger album. Fave Tracks: Hail Bop, Default, Waveforms 3.4/5

great trip rock! 4 stars.

Neo Psychedilia being excellently composed electronically while at the same time the falsetto harmonization can get repetitive.

Django Django - Django Django Album Review There’s something undeniably intriguing about Django Django—it’s playful, rhythmic, and packed with ideas, even if it doesn’t always hit the mark. The band fuses surf rock twang, krautrock repetition, and electronic flourishes into a sound that feels both familiar and futuristic, giving tracks like Default and Hail Bop an offbeat, almost hypnotic energy. The percussion-heavy grooves keep everything moving, while the layered vocals and psychedelic textures create a hazy, dreamlike atmosphere. It’s an album that thrives on its quirks, embracing an almost mechanical sense of rhythm while still feeling organic and loose. That said, the album’s ambition sometimes works against it. While the production is inventive and the melodies catchy, the tracks can blur together, with the band leaning heavily on repetition that occasionally borders on monotony. Some moments feel like experiments that don’t fully evolve, leaving certain songs more interesting in concept than execution. But even with its occasional lulls, Django Django is a fascinating listen—full of charm, creative instrumentation, and enough unexpected turns to keep things engaging. It may not be groundbreaking, but it’s a solid, enjoyable debut that proves the band has a unique voice worth hearing.

Unlike anything else I’ve heard so far. Uniquely intriguing. Was hooked from the introduction. Big fan of the funky instrumentals and dissonant harmonies. Such a groovy, jungle-like vibe. Also has a nostalgic, dreamy feel that reminds me of summer.

This is a well-produced album with a promising sound. In its best moments, there is vocal and acoustic guitar over a rhythmic and groovy electronic layer underneath. But... the promise is never quite fulfilled. I think it's because I don't find the lyrics compelling. That's mainly a statement of content, but perhaps delivery as well. It's not that the lyrics aren't creative; they're not overly simplistic. There's just nothing to lay hold of. Nothing that moves this from style to substance, for me at least. So, I can see why someone might love this, but for me it didn’t quite satisfy.

This album is an interesting mash-up of psychedelic pop sounds with some interesting techno flourishes and call backs to the 60s, but ultimately it lacks what made that time period so vital; a righteous cause. These guys are certainly talented, and the album did get a little better for me as it progressed, but in the end, I just wanted to go back and listen to better music.

Cool electronic stuff and stuff.

A perfectly fine album. Some interesting and fun ideas and throughout the full album but feels a little haphazard and maybe incomplete?

Reminds me of a specific time of my life! not bad in any way, but i've outgrown her <3

Rätt så bra men känns som jag hört det tusengånger

Aww, this is an old favourite. Doesn’t quite reach a 5 though, want to give it 4.5, and actually I think it’s the vocals that are a bit wishy washy. They are fantastic live though, so much energy to the music

This is excellent video game music. 7.5/10 Fave track: Wos

Perfectly fine! It didn’t stick with me as much as I thought it would from the start, and faces the same problems I have with a lot of indie music from around the same time.

-this is an album that sounds exactly like its cover. sort of like Tame Impala meets Beach Boys, but a little weirder -honestly a lot of it didn’t blow me away. some of the individual beats and sound compositions were much more interesting than the songs themselves. but there are some definite highlights in here so it still gets 3 stars -Favorites are Default, Love’s Dart, and WOR

This was fun, I liked many songs. Stand-outs: Love's Dart, Storm

It's quite easy to evaluate this album. It's possible to see a lot of potential never accomplishes by them. Since it's a debut, I'll maybe check their later releases to see if they indeed had any improvement.

Est-ce le traitement de la voix, le détachement, la frénésie, les influences pseudo musique du monde… je n’ai pas été convaincue du tout

"art rock band". "2012 Mercury Music Prize". Both phrases are enough to get my heart plummeting. My expectations were met. "Clever", tedious, soulless, mechanical. The band doesn't sound very interested and neither am I. 1/5.

One of Len’s ex wives had a kid called Eric Django Django. 3.2

Like many albums from this era, this one suffers from being both somewhat interesting and somewhat irritating.

Solid

nice and catchy, would listen to again

The music was very interesting but unfortunately the voice and lyrics didn’t do much for me. It isn’t bad just a little mediocre and predictable with the odd flourish of interesting musicality.

Decent

yeah its not my thing....

know it well.

A band called Django Django with a song called Zumm Zumm is just never going to cut the mustard for me. Too cute by half, the names, and the music’s the same. Jaunty, clever, bright—things certain men of a certain age look for in their mistresses. Or not even look for, but are taken by. Smitten with. Much to the surprise, even confusion, of their business partners and golf buddies. “Tiffany?” they say to each other, grimacing, when he’s gone to the john. “From marketing?” More raised eyebrows than that time Terry retired early so he could do missionary work “before it’s too late.” And the wife! The wife is more shocked than his buddies—and ultimately more shocked than surprised. For years, she had a suspicion. Not about his infidelity—it never occurred to him that he had it in him, tbh—but rather that she didn’t really like him. That she didn’t think he was as smart as their little circle liked to make him feel. That she didn’t find his jokes all that funny. That maybe she never had—though the latter she could only admit to herself after three espresso martinis, which she indulged in no more than every other year. Maybe every 18 months. Well, there was that mom’s night at the tiki lounge around Christmas. That’d been mai tais, but still. And Sarah’s party at the country and western line dancing place last weekend. Okay, so she was drinking more than she had been before the kids left for college. Okay. So, what? Apparently she had reason to! Clearly. She’s angry, of course, busy she quickly discovers it’s mostly at herself, for having been so blind. And no, that’s not quite it, either. For not having had the courage to admit her suspicions. For having always talked herself out of her less generous reactions. For not having been more of a bitch. God, yes, that was it. Whenever she had been a bitch to him, she’s felt so good about it! So good about herself. Her secret lizard heart. But then he would sulk and she would apologize and take on the blame. Pile on the blame. But now! Oh-ho-ho, now! Now she could be fully her bitchiest self. It was a weight immediately gone. She thought of the burros they’d seen walking Colombian steep hillsides in the eje cafetera several years ago, stacks and stacks of 50 lb. burlap sacks of green coffee beans on their backs. She had loathed that trip. The poor burros had been the best part. She remembered their sighs when the last bag was lifted off and they were turned loose into the corral. She understood them, then—and empathizes now. The relief. The sense of coming into her own. If there was any anger left, it was at having wasted so much of her life with this snail of a man. But the vindication that she had been right all along to suspect him of being such a snail—this was, well, it was bliss. And it obliterated any regret. She was free now. And she could devour anyone she wanted. He wanted some cute half-wit half his age? That’s what he wanted to do with his 50s? Ridiculous. So fucking juvenile. God, what a loser. What a snail. She liked this “snail” that she had stumbled upon. She would never fuck a snail again. Lions only for her, from now on. Big CrossFit Viking-looking motherfuckers. No Django Djangos. No Zumm Zumms.

Rad album happy I know about it now.

Had me hooked in the first half, but I lost the thread by the end. Definitely worth a spin though!

There's hints of something really good here, but it doesn't quite make it for me.

Didn't mind it!

never really gripped me

Unremarkable

Pretty boring

Awesome album! Really fun overall and felt incredibly unique! Great instrumentals and fitting vocal work. 'Default' slaps heavy, easy fave pick.

I had never heard of this band. I am always scared when I see "art rock" as the description of the band, but this is a less New York-y version of Vampire Weekend (in some ways). I really enjoyed this album and many of these more modern albums feel like they were included just so modern albums could be included. That is not the case here. Really interesting sound and the standout tracks were: Hail Bop Default Waveforms Zumm Zumm Wor Life's a Beach For every Bjork album that gets shoved down my throat (not that she has bad music overall), it is nice to get albums in here that I am not familiar with where I enjoyed the sounds my ears were hearing.

This album really reminds me of KNOWER, which is coincidentally also featured on GTA V (F the Makeup, Skip the Shower). Checks out, really. Outside of the above, nothing really stood out to me here. It's a fresh sound at least, and not British indie slop like I'm used to getting served up hot and fresh on this list. I'm sure this is someone's flavour, but to me it's plain vanilla. Still, enjoyed the listen.

Apparently there are two songs on here that were included in GTA V and I don’t recognise either of them. I’m really at odds with how compelling I really find this album, sure there are many aspects that feel fresh and enjoyable (I enjoyed the opener and quite a few songs towards the middle) but there is also something very bland and formulaic to them as well. For me I feel it’s the vocalist, only feels comfortable singing in a very limited vocal range (it’s a weird distinction from not having extra range but one I feel the need to make)

I would say it didn't exactly blow my hair back, but I don't have any.

Shitty overproduced 2010s indie rock that is very unfortunately good 7/10

As I have mentioned previously, I would think the authors of this book would have a little more consideration as to what they include in this list. It appears to me the only impact this album has had is having a song on the radio station nobody listened to in GTA5, Worldwide FM. This was okay, nothing to say but it's competently performed and enjoyable enough. The Honda Accord of albums. Vinewood Boulevard Radio for life. Highlights: Default, Storm (probably others but it was pretty forgettable I am sorry)

cool album. really teeters on the warbly indie psychedelic music i personally really like. that being said, although i liked the sound and the production, none of the songs really left too much of an impression on me. i did enjoy the intro into 'hail bop' 'waveforms' and 'life's a beach' and also found interesting the more egyptian inspired cut 'skies over cairo' but the rest of the album was strictly good, not great.

Fajne - tak można to najlepiej określić. Taki zespół, który można puszczać w radiu, ale Rojek nie będzie się wstydził zaprosić ich na offa. Na granicy 6 i 7, ale jednak 6.5/10 równane w dół

Kind of bland but not bad. Nothing here grabbed me enough to want to hear it again. Better than a 2 but not a 3. 2.5/5

New to me. Solid what...EDM Pop?

This is now the most recent album I've had here that I've never heard of. I love art rock, but this album was a little too on the psychedelic side for me.

It's indie but they remembered not to be boring.

Boring

Interesting

This was fine, but definitely an album I could have never heard before I die. It felt like the band was having fun, yet their vibe wasn’t infectious to me as the listener. I didn’t hate it, but came away a bit indifferent towards it.

Millennial Beach Boys. Meh.

I must admit that Wikipedia describing this as an Art Rock, Neo-Psychedelia, Electronic Rock, Experimental Pop album put me off, but the opening instrumental track, "Introduction", helped change my mind. Some tracks reminded me of early Pink Floyd, for example, "Waveforms".

No son malos, es un indie medio electrónico que suena bien, pero no te deja nada la verdad.

Nice and intresting

A sort of electronic-twang thing going on that was pretty fun to listen to.

Hard to get into it. A couple great songs, but the intermediates, not quite as good.

25 isn’t the stone-cold classic 21 is

This is cool, super imaginative, and original

Trippy goodness. Did not know what to expect. It’s fun.

The Beach Boys are back. Nur in schlechter. Aber Django erinnert mich an etwas: das Modern Jazz Quartet und ihren Titel Django aus den 50ern. Die Musik meiner Eltern, ein paar Platten habe ich noch. Gibt es übrigens auch von Lindsey Buckingham auf Gitarre und auf 1min eingedampft. Bekomme sogar ich mit meinen lausigen Gitarrenkünsten hin. Toller Titel. Ich glaube ich schweife ab. Muss an der Margarita liegen die ich intus habe. Da neige ich zum faseln.

Uninteresting Uninspiring Unimaginative Simplistic Boring

It’s refreshing! This album has elements of music I’ve heard before but sounds unique to them. Nice bop to their sound & wor is such a jam. I don’t imagine I’ll return much to it and certainly won’t be saving it as an album, but I appreciated the listen

An unexpected bop. The Spotify description made it sound more experimental that it really was, but we enjoyed it nonetheless.

Kinda beach boys , kinda noise machine

I kinda liked it, i dont have much to say. Probably wont be returning to the album but its not bad

This one was a surprise for me. I really was into it. Good energy. Added to my library

Imaginative and bright, but a little too psychedelic for my taste. I feel there was too much complexity to really enjoy.

I like this album better than most modern rock albums for its excellent integration of synths into the sound. The patterns and musical structures played out quite well. I did like the first half better than the second half, which made the record feel a little unbalanced at times. Overall I liked the album as is, but I don't see myself listening to this on a regular basis. Favorite song: Hail Bop. Overall score 7.4/10

This was really interesting to listen to, and I had just listened to the Spirtualized album "Ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space" which I think was similar to this in a lot of ways. I'm going to go with an overall 3 and maybe not quite as good as the Spirtualized album but a fun listen

This album got better as it went on. The mix of Beach Boys-like melodies and harmonies combined with the electro-pop rhythm section hit me just right on this listen. It strikes me as something that I wouldn't be able to pick up on any given day, but it's really well-crafted. 4 stars.

Interesting

Django Django hat mit diesem Album einen modernen Klassiker geschaffen, der gleichermaßen tanzbar wie visionär ist. Perfekt für alle, die sich auf etwas Neues einlassen wollen – und dabei ein bisschen Nostalgie für die goldenen Zeiten des Psychedelic Rock mitbringen. Ein Album, das immer wieder überrascht, auch beim zehnten Durchlauf.

Quirky, eclectic and good! 4.2

Nothing exciting here, but nothing to dislike either. Its whatever, its fine. Why on the list though?

sounds like video game music (derogatory)

Know this one very well

Brutal

Unexpectedly different and cool. I was in the right mood for some art rock and this scratched the itch

Mostly covers, but good. More complex and interesting than I would have guessed.

This is interesting. I almost wish I hadn't got it on boxing day so I could sit with it a little longer. Enjoyable

Surprisingly enjoyable 4/4

You could have knocked me over with a feather that this album wasn't from the seventies! In retrospect, Django Django was very art rock, which had a big presence in the 1970s. What I liked most was that each song was different and unexpected. The music never went where you anticipated. I needed something unusual and different today, and Django Django delivered.

Intriguing, maybe even good, but I don't really know that it is a "must hear". There is some very interesting production on this album that makes it sound fairly unique among music of this type. For lack of better words, this is kind of like "new psychedelic music for the 2010s and beyond". But all in all, this was very mid, and not very groundbreaking. A weak 3 from me.

This was cerebral and not a bad listen. However, the first half of the album meandered a bit to much for my liking. The second half of the album, beginning with "Wor" was more cohesive and I really enjoyed those tracks. An extra star for those tracks.

There was a point about halfway through that I really started to lose interest. I think it was probably "Zumm Zumm", which seemed very repetitive to me. Somewhere around the end it picked up for me. I liked the goofiness of "Silver Rays," and "Skies Over Cairo" was good. Cut out some of the middle and I think I would have liked this more. Top tracks: "Hail Bop," "Default," "Skies Over Cairo," "Silver Rays"

No. I don't know why but the word pretentious kept popping up as I listened to this album. It's probably not as bad as that, or as I might make it out to be, but I was ready to move on after only a few songs. I stuck it out, but with the exception of Firewater (faux clapping kind of hooked me) and WOR (loved the first 90s of pseudo-country sounding guitar), I didn't really enjoy find anything I cared about.

Wow, Dimery and company really do a poor job selecting albums from more recent years. It's not bad. In fact, it's definitely ok. But it's not an album I needed to hear before I die. Liked the first few tracks most (the intro, Hail Bop, and Default). But it never really grabbed me. In particular, I didn't like Skies Over Cairo - the percussion has almost a "wet" liquidy sound that really annoys me. They recovered a bit with Silver Rays, a decent ending track, but by then I was definitely ready to move on.

Sound English as heck, but it's really a bit of nothing and everything. Some beats, some guitars. Not unpleasant to listen to, but doesn't really do something.

3.5

This is the soundtrack to a car advert. Absolute landfill crap. So inessential.

Not bad, but not amazing. I think the vibes of this album carry it in my mind. While Default certainly isn't the best song I've ever heard, it's so damn catchy I can't help how much I like it. I really enjoy the slight slowdown in the middle, of the album with Love's Dart. It feels unique, and it doesn't suffer anywhere, but it isn't really for me. Favorites were Hail Bop, Love's Dart, Life's a Beach, and Skies over Cairo

This sort of wonky indie rock is fun to me but not much more than that. I think I have maybe heard of this band before but had never given them a listen. The drums consistently sound really good. Favorite songs were Hail Bop, Firewater, Wor, and Life’s A Beach.

fun

Lots of fun this album. Sounds like a higher octane Beta Band. Less experimental the melodies are easy to find as they're very much front and center. And there are enough Alien Sounds to keep things looking squarely to the future. 4 stars

It has bop, but does it have muscle? It may, since the drummer is indeed the MVP (Rolling Stone magazine). It may not, since vocalist Vincent Neff does not have enuff oomff. Production and percussion wise tho, very cool. Check out ‘Firewater,’ Hand of Man,’ ‘WOR’ and ‘Storm.’ The Cairo one, too. Yep.

Makes me remember that there are good bands to come out of the 2010s half of the “alternative” era . Still kind of has that apple commercial vibe but with a lot more flavor. Plus it’s not their fault this sound has become synonymous with advertising. Good stuff

Wow. First listen and loved it

Bounces along. Self-serious 80's vibe

Never heard of this band before. I can't decide if I like them or not. If they can keep themselves from using dumb sound effects they kind of sound like Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (which is a compliment). But I feel like they can't help but throw in dumb sounds to justify being an "art" band. There are some sections of this I would give a 4 and some a 1. Going to give it a 3 I guess.

I’m in a crap mood today so that might be coloring my review here, but I just can’t get into this one. It’s fine, sometimes interesting sonically, but it fails to grab my attention.

Quirky - better than I expected based off the album cover. Didn’t analyze the lyrics, but I was interested enough to go back for a second listen at some point.

Oh hell no… this sounds like the Beatles but electronica. Hard pass.

An underwhelming listen. I had high hopes, but most of the tracks were just the same group harmonies and meh instrumentals. Not horrible but not needed on this list. 2.4/5->2/5

не поняла какую песню и с кем мне спотифай всё время ставил, но в целом альбом как будто знаком. нормальный но я быстро перешла на декабрьское…

Sounds like British pop mixed with the Donkey Kong Country soundtrack. Another oddity.

Hmm, not sure exactly, but I think I dig this. It’s low 4 territory, but it’s a 4 still.

6/10 I remember when this first came out that I wrote DD off as a throwaway electronic indie band. I was basically right, this is fine but really nothing special. The more electronic tunes work nicely, the ones with surf or western guitar less so. Not sure I needed to know they can knock out a Lawrence of Arabia style song. If I was going to be brutal - I guess I am - then i would say they sound like the Beta Band with all the weird edges smoothed off and overproduced to be more appealing Best: Waveforms

This album had some high highs and some low lows for me, it will take a few listens for me to really figure out my favorites. But I do plan to listen again, which says something! The opening two tracks together are great, and I absolutely love the album art.

jaha ja suoraan vuosi on 2012 ja otetaan rummut donkey kong countrystä gg. ja se olikin ehkä paras kohta koko albuissa hohhoijjakaa.. tosiaan vähän sanoisin että indie+.. eli kuin indiemainen mutta vähän parempi. kuulostaa vähän paremmalta vieläkin yhä ei oikein django django, django django vokaalit oikeean voisi vähän paremmat olla kun kerran tuon nimine django django django django on kuitenkin se luis bacalov vähän laulatti djangossa kunnolla niin django django django djangon voisi vähän siitä ottaa mallia jos kerran semmonen nimi albumi+bändi että django django django django voisi olla vähän enemmän kuin django wor

Fun album, pretty interesting

I'd often heard of these guys but never took the time to seek them out. This sounds like the album Beta Band could have released if they stayed together and were binging Animal Collective albums for 6 months. It's equal parts experimental, eclectic, and very poppy. It's just the right mix to be interesting and accessible at once. Take it too seriously and you risk being dismissed as a hipster. But just have fun with it and you'll have a great time.

Surprised by this one. Solid album throughout. Repetitive beats that get built on but nothing too abrasive. Easy to listen to.

3.75

Was definitely skeptical going into this one, but im leaving very pleasantly surprised. This was a hidden gem I never knew about. Every song was different despite sticking to a specific style. I thought Skies Over Cairo sounded like the backing track to a sand level in Mario kart, in a good way. Overall a unique album that I will hopefully come back to.

Really enjoyed this.

This was alright, but I didn’t like the style of the vocals; something about it was quite grating. I liked a lot of the backing music, but that was in spite of the singing for the most part.

Vibed to this in the gym. Didn’t mind it. Simpsons: No

I enjoyed Skies over Cairo, and Hail Bop was a nice FIFA tune. The rest was fine.

I wasn't entirely sure what to expect from this. I thought it was ok, but not something I will probably listen to again.

Indifferent